NLRB About to Rule That Independent Contractor Misclassification ...

Last month, the National Labor Relations Board issued a decision in a case involving workers who were found to be misclassified by a company ...

Commentary: NLRB Poised to Rule That Independent Contractor ...

... contractor (“IC”) ‎misclassification is not a violation of the National ... Commentary: NLRB Poised to Rule That Independent Contractor Misclassification ...

NLRB Takes Aim at Employers that Classify Workers as ... - Quarles

Although it is not a ruling by the NLRB – and thus has no binding effect – the complaint alleges that the mere act of misclassifying employees ...

Interference with Employee Rights - National Labor Relations Board

Misclassification (as an independent contractor, player, or other category of employee excluded from the National Labor Relations Act). This memo has more ...

Independent Contractor Misclassification and Compliance News ...

The DOL's new independent contractor rule went into effect. · The NLRB proposed a rule that would make it more likely for an employer to be ...

Board Modifies Independent Contractor Standard under National ...

In applying the FedEx II standard, the Board found that the makeup artists, wig artists, and hairstylists who work at the Atlanta Opera—had ...

NLRB sidesteps misclassification debate, upholds illegal firing rulings

In the Velox Express case, the board ruled that while misclassification of workers as independent contractors could be evidence of an employer's ...

US Department of Labor announces final rule on classifying workers ...

“Misclassifying employees as independent contractors is a serious issue that deprives workers of basic rights and protections,” explained Acting ...

Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair ...

The 2021 IC Rule explained that independent contractors are not employees under the FLSA and are therefore not subject to the Act's minimum wage ...

Labor Department Releases Independent Contractor Final Rule ...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has released its long-anticipated Final Rule revising the standard for determining whether a worker is an ...

Employers Face Misclassification Risk With Independent Contractor ...

Under the Rule, which goes into effect on March 11, 2024, many workers currently treated as independent contractors may need to be reclassified ...

NLRB Returns to Pre-2019 Independent Contractor Standard ...

NEW (OLD) STANDARD – ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITY AS SIMPLY ONE FACTOR TO CONSIDER IN THE COMMON LAW TEST ... Under the National Labor Relations ...

NLRB Reverses Position on Worker Misclassification Standards

... whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor (The Atlanta Opera, Inc., NLRB Decision, Case No. 10-RC-276292, 6/13/2023).

Misclassification of Employees as Independent Contractors Under ...

The Wage and Hour Division's final rule also rescinds the Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act rule (2021 IC Rule , 86 FR 1168) that ...

Independent Contractor Classification: Navigating the New DOL ...

The DOL's rule was issued just months after the NLRB's The Atlanta Opera Inc. (2023) decision in which it, too, rescinded the prior standard and ...

U.S. DOL Final Rule on Independent Contractors - Paychex

The US Department of Labor (DOL) published its Final Rule on Employee or Independent Contractor Classification in the Federal Register on Jan. 10, 2024.

Teamsters Applaud NLRB Ruling on Worker Misclassification

The new ruling from the NLRB makes it more difficult for employers to deceptively misclassify workers and avoid paying employee-related expenses.

Employers Beware: Worker Misclassification May Be Seen as ...

In 2023, the NLRB issued an opinion in The Atlanta Opera, Inc., which returned to an Obama-era standard for determining independent contractor ...

‎“Unlawyering” Can Avoid Joint Employer Status Under the New ...

... independent contractors under many state and federal laws. Indeed, a legitimate criticism of the NLRB's joint employer rule is that it ...

Biden's NLRB Targeting Employee Misclassification as Independent ...

... rules, which could open a floodgate of claims from groups of workers across the country currently classified as independent contractors.